On my way to collect my 2 kids from Easter 🐣 holiday club plus a couple of their friends, I come across a 🐿️ lying in the middle of the pavement…
Dilemma!
➡️ Am I huge squirrel fan? No
➡️ Am I already cutting it (very) fine for pick up? Yes
➡️ Is the squirrel going to make it? Debatable…
I decide to walk the final 10 metres to grab the kids & hatch a plan…then a voice calls to me “Hello! You saw it too! I’ve got a box from my car & have called the vet, can you help me get it in?”
Immediate thoughts…
🤔 I really can’t be late (especially for the 2 kids that aren’t mine!)
🤔 Do I want to get that close to a squirrel?!
🤔 Am I going to leave this man to deal with the squirrel alone?
🤔 Doing what he can to help a squirrel - even though he’s running late, what a kind man…
We (through some careful wiggling & shifting) finally maneuvered the squirrel into the box phew 😮💨. My (random) act of kindness was complete!
Fellow squirrel catcher: “I have a medical appointment, can you take it to the vet?”
My thoughts ….😳 🐿️ ⛑️ 👦 👦👦 🧒 🤔
“Sure!”
Next thing I know I’ve rocked up, with the squirrel filled box to kids club, been ambushed with 4 rucksacks alongside the standard “can I have a snack?” demand….
But wait! The Kindness ripple continues (post a number of “what’s in the box?” exchanges) an awesome parent who had driven & had 2 less kids in tow insisted on taking the baton & so off the squirrel filled box went 🚗
➡️ Did the squirrel make it? I don’t know (will keep you posted!)
➡️ Was this one of the most random kid pick ups I’ve done? Yes
➡️ Was this a refreshing example of every day Kindness? Yes
Kindness can come in all shapes and size, and often at the most random of times. Thank you the man who didn’t just walk past, to the mum who got the squirrel to its needed destination and to anyone who’s read to the end of this - I hope it’s made you smile.
What random Kindness have you come across recently?
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